Michelle’s first drink alone was at age 11. Her family home was complete with a bar that was never locked. She came home from school one day and found an open bottle of wine in the kitchen fridge, and so she tasted it. She felt...
Young People
Teenage Sneaky Drinker
Jenn returns to re-tell her story of teenage alcoholism. She had her first drink in her first week of her freshman year in high school, but she had wanted to drink for a long time leading up to it. Jenn was too scared to drink...
Stealing Pills
Aaron was always rebellious, even as a young child. At 13 he started smoking marijuana and drinking at 14. He quickly discovered how easy it was to steal pills from friends’ bathroom cabinets. Aaron says he was addicted to...
Pill Kid
Catya’s first use of prescription pain medication came at ten years old; she had strenuous physical ailments even at that age. But she soon learned the pills could “treat” more than physical pain. By fourteen...